1979 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship

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1979 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
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Tournament information
DatesMarch 20, 1979–March 24, 1979
Administrator Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s) North Dakota State University
Venue(s) Fargo, North Dakota
Participants16
Final positions
Champions South Carolina State (1st title)
Runner-up Dayton
Tournament statistics
Matches played16

The 1979 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States. [1]

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The tournament was held at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota between March 20–24, 1979.

South Carolina State defeated Dayton in the championship game, 73–68, to capture the Lady Bulldogs' first AIAW small college national title. It is the only recognised national championship in the school's history.

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.

Tournament bracket

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational championship
            
Niagara 56
San Francisco 52
Niagara78
Morris Harvey 73
Morris Harvey 84
SE Louisiana 81
Niagara 59
Dayton76
Dayton 84
Air Force 71
Dayton75
High Point 65
High Point 93
North Dakota State 40
Dayton 68
South Carolina State73
Tuskegee 80
Eastern Washington 71
Tuskegee75
Tougaloo 57
Tougaloo 69
Pepperdine 41
Tuskegee 70
South Carolina State85
Seton Hall 74Third place final
Texas Wesleyan 58
Seton Hall 53 Niagara71
South Carolina State91Tuskegee 55
South Carolina State 86
Emporia State 47

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